Riots in Israeli Arab towns draw hundreds; 3 arrested
Police disperse protests; youths in ski masks try to block Road 65; man shot when throwing petrol bomb in Jerusalem’s Abu Tor
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Israeli Arab youths confronted police in Umm al-Fahm, an Israeli Arab town in the Galilee on the northern edge of the West Bank, Friday evening. There were clashes elsewhere in the Israeli Arab sector too, with hundreds of protesters involved and at least three arrests, Channel 10 reported. There were no reports of major injuries.
The riots took place inside the city, and the main thoroughfare, Road 65, was open for traffic.
Earlier Friday evening, youths wearing ski masks repeatedly attempted to block Road 65. They were repelled by police.
Television footage showed police officers firing stun grenades in the direction of the protesters.
Further north, dozens of youths set fire to tires and blocked the entrance to Sakhnin, another Arab Israeli city. A large number of police officers were at the scene.
In the village of Arraba, south of Sakhnin, hundreds of people marched and some burned tires. There were no casualties and no one was arrested.
Road 65 connects several Arab Israeli cities and communities in an area known as “The Triangle” which contains a large Arab Israeli population and many Jewish communities.
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In Jerusalem, a man was shot in the foot as he threw a petrol bomb at troops in the Abu Tor neighborhood. There were two arrests.
The Times of Israel Community.